Paccor CEO Andreas Schütte (Photo: Paccor)
German packaging group
Miko Pac (Oud-Turnhout / Belgium; www.mikopac.com), the plastic packaging division of
Miko Group (Turnhout / Belgium; www.mikogroup.be). With the acquisition, Paccor plans to strengthen its international reach, particularly in the fast-growing Asian market, with Miko Pacâs plant in Indonesia.
The acquisition, scheduled to be completed by Q2 2021, has been priced at approximately EUR 110m, according to Miko. The proposed transaction is yet to be approved by relevant competition authorities. Miko Group achieved a consolidated turnover of EUR 195.1m in 2020, with the plastic packaging department reporting turnover of EUR 107.3m and an EBITDA of EUR 18.4m.
Published: Mar 22, 2021
TOKYO (BUSINESS WIRE) Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6841) announces the launch of Yokogawa Bio Frontier Inc. to develop businesses related to the production and sales of innovative plant-derived biomass materials, as well as associated licensing and consulting activities. The new subsidiary will officially kick off business operations on March 22.
Yokogawa Bio Frontier will focus on developing and commercializing high value-added plant-based biomass materials, such as nanocellulose and lignin monomer, which can be used to substitute chemicals and materials currently derived from fossil resources, thereby enabling a sustainable carbon cycle. The company will apply Yokogawa’s long experience in industrial automation to develop highly efficient extraction and production processes and facilities, and will market biomass materials to a wide range of customers in the chemical, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and other industries.
Published: Apr 05, 2021
April 5, 2021 12:00 UTC
Quidel Corporation, the Nation’s Leading Developer of Rapid Lyme Disease Testing, Cautions Americans to be Vigilant, Take Precautions and Get Tested if in Doubt
SAN DIEGO (BUSINESS WIRE) As America slowly and hopefully extricates itself from the coronavirus pandemic, another health concern lies just around the corner: the start of Lyme disease season. To complicate matters, Lyme disease is one of the distinct underlying conditions that make those afflicted more vulnerable for coronavirus complications.
“The warm weather of spring and summer makes everyone want to get outdoors and never more so than this year when so many of us have spent the past 12 months hunkered down in our own homes,” says Judi Tilghman, Ph.D., vice president of technology assessment at
Published: Apr 06, 2021
Heart failure and asthma studies will pilot a new digital health platform to help improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases
WILMINGTON, Del. (BUSINESS WIRE) AstraZeneca has entered into a collaboration agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), leveraging robust data and clinical best practices to create digital health solutions that address today’s most urgent healthcare challenges. Catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic and a shared mission to improve care for patients with chronic illness, this novel partnership is focused on creating and clinically validating patient-centric digital health solutions and establishing a new standard of care for chronic illness management outside of a clinical setting.
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